a \ pelberr \ = Gee. -Williams L NEWS EXCHANGE OF THE CARIBOO = e Tribune Volume 19 -- Number 25 WILLIAMS LAKH, B.C. “Thursday, June 21, 1951. Single copy i0e, $2.50 per year. Crown Stampede Q Before Large “TI now crown Miss Claire Kelly the 1951 Stampede Queen.” With these words, Miss.Norma MacDonald, retiring Stam- pede Queen, placed the crown upon the attractive, smiling brunette from Soda Creek who will reign for the forthcoming Vyear. Kept a deep, dark secret until the actual crowning Thursday at the Yer Memorial Arena, Miss Kelly emerged the victor over com- petitors Miss Barbara Baker and Miss Juanita Haines. “The retiring white qfieen also crowned Katherine Wycotte of Sugar Gane Reserve as Indian queen for the second straight year. In her ac- ceptance speech, Miss Wycotte said “I consider it a great honor to hava been chosen queen of the Williams Lake Stampede for the second year and I wish to thank all my people for their continued support.” Miss Rita Bertha Prentice Miss Rose Harry were runners-up in the Indian Queen contest. Forming a charming tableau on a stage in the centre of the huge arena, the new queens were flanked ‘by their princesses garbed in colorful gowns and tiny crown-bearers Bar- and FIRST AID TEAMS PLAY IMPORTANT PART IN STAMPEDE Phere arena that brings instant response and that’s “First Aid.” E When a rider hits the dust and fails to jump to his feet, the pick-up men call for first aid, and sometimes defore the words ring out across the arena, two men are on their way with a stretcher and bear the injured rider back to the post under the. chute three years now the local branch of the St. John Ambulance Association has carried out this un- spectacular but necessary work, fix- ing up minor bruises and cuts and rendering emergency first aid while waiting for the doctor to get to the scene. Last year, when the chute seats were constructed, these men turned to hammers and saws and built their own permanent first aid post, that, during Stampede, is equipped with stretchers, first aid kits, blankets and splints. Five members served throughout the three-day show, with three men ‘on duty at all times. The men are ranch president C. McIntosh, Stew- art Smith, Harry Kozuki, Bob Kyte and Erwin Brandly. Both Dr. J. Hara- mia end Dr, L. E. Avery were on call for medical treatment. The first aid teams handled about 20 cases during the three days, and though most of them were of a minor nature one. required hospitalization. The accidents occurred in the first day when a spill on the racetrack during the Indian Derby resulted in a broken leg for Jimmie Thomas of Alkali. ‘Toughest and most constant job for the first aid men though was caused by the dust. Riders would plouga through the fine silt and come out of their spill almost blinded. With their patient's eyes almost " swollen shut, the attendants would have to go through a slow series of eye washes to remove all the particles. Cowboy pants are probably the biggest single obstacle to rendering first aid to men who have received leg injuries, the attendants report. Made skin-tight; the pants are almost impossible to roll up to get at a wrenched knee, and the cowboys ob- ject strenuously {o removing them. So usually the attendant spends an extra few minutes carefully working the pant leg up while the injured cow- boy grits his teeth. But whether he liked it or not, one steer rider lost his treasured pants. You may remember the incident, ‘The rider was tossed from the steer, avght his spur’in the rope and the animal dragged him up and down the length of the arena before the Pick-up men could disengage his foot Friction caused extensive skin burn on the rider's nether regions. The calls on their services aré many and varied, and these volunteers give a valuable service to the association at not one cent of cost. - When the call of “inst ala” goes up ip the ‘arena you know an injured rider is in good hangs, is one call in the bucking ~Jjans’ veens Audience bara Murray and Matilda Gilbert. A capacity crowd turned out for the crowning ceremoniés. which were emceed by capable Bert Roberts, Speaking on behalf of the Stam- pede Association, president Ben Richards said “I should like to thank our queens, Norma MacDonald and Katherine ‘Wycotte for having reign- -éd over us so graciously for 1950 and 1951 and hope we have been due and loyal subjects, We would like to offer our congratulations to the queens who have been crowned in our pres- ence this evening, Claire Kelly and Ikatherine Wycotte.” ‘ Mr. Richards also presented the keys of the city to the new queens ‘with a sincere wish that they would enjoy reigning over our Stampede | for the coming year.’ Judge Henry Castillou commended the community on the wonderful arena building and- memba@fs of the War Memorial Society for the hours of work they had put into such a stupendous undertaking. William Christie, speaking on be- half of the Indian Department, thanked the Stampede Association for the nice gesture of crowning an Indian Queen, and felt that the In- contribution lo the stampede assured its success. Chicf David Johnson of the Alkali Reserve spoke a few words of wel- come to both Indians and whites. Mrs. €. Huston of the War Mem- orial Society presented the cash awards to the white Queen and a S princesses, while Geo. Mackenzie of the Indjan Dep=riment niade the- prec} sentation io the Indian’ queen ‘and aer retinue. Taking part in both the Wednes- day and Thursday night shows were the St. Joseph's Mission Boys’ Band who gave a stirring performance at the start of the show. On Wednesday evening the boys algo put on a display of tumbling. Mary Mack's professional troupe gave a very entertaining two-hour show both evenings. MRS. J. SMEDLEY NAMED P-T.A. HEAD Mrs. J. Smedley was named presi- dent at the annual election of offi- ers of the Parent-Teachers Associa- sion Tuesday night. J. Phillipson, srincipal, was named honorary presi tent. Other officers elected were Mrs. B. Deschene, membership; Mrs. G. Bell- mond, social convener; and Mrs. C. Stangoe, publicity. As there was a poor attendance at (he meeting, it was decided to leave the election of officers to fill the posi- tions of vice-president, secretary, irexsurer and program committee un- iil the first meeting in the fall. Mrs, J. Ward-Moran, the retiring president, who is leaving shortly to make her home at Campbell River, thanked the group for their co-opera tion during her term as president. Mrs. J. Smedley expressed good wish- es on behalf of the association to Mrs. Moran. Mrs. Edna Rigby was welcomed as a new'member during the evening. The $50 award which was set up Jast September by the P-TA was dis- cussed at some length as to whether it should be in the form of a scnelar- ship for the express purpose of fur- thering a student’s education ox as a cash prize. The meeting voted in favor of the scholarship. Mrs. E, Deschene brought up the possibility of Williams Lake having a separate school sports day. as well |, as participating in the District Meet but no action was taken on the matter. fax. Min, The 2 1b. box of chocolates which Thursday, June 14... 82 68 was being rafiled at the Junior Red Friday . 6753 Cross tea and sale recently, was Saturday 68 57 drawn for by Mrs, Moran at the meet- Monday 68 57 ing. The winner is Billy Johns of ‘Tuesday . 65 51 Rosary Hall with ticket No. 60. Wednesday . 81 53 Mrs. J. Walker of Cache Creek vis- ited Mr. and Mrs, A. Haddock over Stampede week, Mrs. Walker is Mrs, Haddock’s aunt, Mountain Race Climax To Show Like the ultimate expressed in the song about Kansas City, as far as time is concerned it looks as though the ,boys who annually provide. the thrills in the Mountain Race “have gone about as fur as they can go.” As a fitting wind-up of the big School By-Law Up Again Tuesday Disirict ratepayers. will go to the polls again Tuesday to ‘vole on the $122,000 money by-law for School District 27 that failed to receive dts necessary majority when it was first presented last month, \ Trustees have been making three-day Friday Charlie Hance of Hanceville pounded atross the finish line less than three seconds ahead of Gilbert Harry of Dog Creek to establish a new record of 1:28 flat. Last year’s record time was 1:29. : Because. of the large number of entries in this year’s race, two heats. Were required, and although Pierre Squinahan of Alkali took third’ place with a time of 1:32, 3-5, his thunder- ing finish in the second heat looked every bit as thrilling from the paying customers’ seats. Of the thirteen main races in the LasTi ‘at -various Points throughout the district that “vere either missed last time or where the by-law received an ad ‘verse vote, "In Williams Lake a public meet- “in‘will be held in the banquet room of the Elks Hall Monday night, pbtarting at 8:15, Trustees report that opposition ‘points have shown a more favour- ‘able response to the question of ‘school expansion as a result of the ~meetings already held, and are op- timistic of the fate of the by-law this time, three days, the and novelty races, seven went to en tries from the Okanagan. Of the) district horses, the F. and R, Rankin entries from Soda Creel were out- standing ending in the winners circle four times. One race was disputed. The Indian Derby run the first day, and won by Nicola Lady was later judged won by Pierre Squinahan’s second place Moonlight. Under the rules, the horse must be owned by an Indian, and ownership in this case was disputed, Nicola Lady was later sold to Phillips Brothers of Canim, who own Rural Parade as well. The race meet was marred by two Accidents. In the Indian Derby, a loose saddle spilled Willie Thomas of Alkali and he suffered a broken leg. In the first, race of the third afternoon the judges disqualified Pierre Squinahan on Moonlight for crowding Blue Light- ning with Ann Dezak up. In the re- sulting spill, Miss Dezak was badly bruised and spent the night in hos-' pital. The visiting, girl, who has jbeen an exercise’ girl on rave tracks for| years, rode steadily through the meet for different owners, bringing in six seconds. During the last two days the fans were treated to an exhibition of sul- key racing. In the trotters class, Ross Redpath and Mrs, Aldreth of Forest Grove (the latter driving Gordon Graham's horse competed, Pacers were shown by J. Mulholland and Jack Turnbull of Abbotsford, An exhibition race between two quarter-bred horses was staged by wete Barker and Oscar Anderson ot 150 Mile. Here are the results of Thursday and Friday's races: WILLIAMS LAKE STAKES — Sarasee (Rankin), Blue Lightning (Petrowitz), Shaganappy (Mullhol- land). Time: 1:52. CIRCLE S DERBY, 1 mile — Ruby Pagan (Gramer, Vernon), Chief Ok- anagan (Andersom Vernon), Flying Scarab (Curtis). Time: 1:51 25. CHILCO RANCH STAKES, % mile Fairy (Mrs. Anderson, Vernon), Terraway (Rankin), Rural Parade. CAIYLEMEN’S DERBY, mile —Ruby Pagan (Kramer, Vernon), Calamut (W, Emile), Nicola Lady, CARIBOO DERBY, 1 mile — Chief Okanagan (Anderson), Whenhcdid, Calamut, CONSOLATION RACE, % mile — Flash (Rankin), Friarworth (8. Arch- ie), Franklin D, (B, Abbott). BUSINESSMEN'S RAOE, mile — Cliff Overion, Pete Barker, Bill Sharpe. COWBOY NOVELTY RACE Pascal Bates, Williams Lake; Louis Paul, Dog Creek. INDIAN NOVELTY RACE — Char- lie Thomas, Matthew Dick, Alkali. Judges for the three days of racing were Ernie Eve of Dog Creek airport, Antoine Boitanio, and Dr. J. Jervis, department of agriculture. % Mr. and Mrs. E. Munton of Vancou- yer are visiting their daughter, Mrs. N. Palmer of Rose Lake Lodge. Also in the party are Mr, and Mrs. A. Evans of West Vancouver. THE WEATHER Last Thursday was the hottest day of the year recorded so far with the thermometer registering 82 deg. at the airport, ‘a a eet year term as commissioner. New Ford Agency Is Announced Here of his as Ford Agent for Williams Lake dis-| “Buster” Henke, who is also agent for Home Oil Distributors. Mr. Henke has formed a new com- ‘pany, Cariboo Motors, and will handle Fords, Monarchs, Ford and Major tractors. and farm machinery. Also! ineludedin the agency are the Eng- lish cars and trucks, the Consul, Pre- fect, Anglia and Thames. “The company has purchased a par- él of land about two lots above Sunnyside Hotel on Oliver Street and gonstruction of a 40x60 foot garage is @xpected to start within three weeks. “The garage, a one-storey concrete Plock building, will contain an office, | parts. department and fiye repair Stalls. A service station will also be included: _ | wis Word), xzency _avas__ or!zindlly heli Hy Rostacker Bios. bctore the complete loss of their garage by fire early this year. One of the town’s younger business- men, Mr. Henke has been in Williams Lake five years. In December's civic election he ran for “public office for the first time and was named to a one He will retain his oil agency as well as taking over the new garage com- pany. | ent | trict was made this week by S. 6 ATTENDANCE FA ILS TO HOLD UP FOR THREE DAY When the three-deys-dus: Ranch at Dog Creek, didn’t w Louis Bates, winner of the award for 49 and '50 was knocked ont of the competition when his old back injury suffered at Kamloops last year was aggravated by a toss in the bucking events. The extension of the show to a three-day one this year had one no- ticable advantage in the running of the arena events. In the past, as entry list grew larger, the day's events were running into the early evening, but this year the show was shorter and spectators were leaving the grounds by about five-thirty. Attendance figures did nol hold up however. People attended the first lay in force, and turned out in even greater numbers to take in the last day. On Thursday though attendance dropped almost in half. Good stock and riders working hard for top money provided plenty of thrills in the bucking arena, contri- buting to the general consensus that it was a bang-up show. Perhaps the most outstanding arena event was the wild horse race on the final afternoon, With the enclosed space filled with rearing, plunging horses, and the three-man teams contributing to the general confusion, spectator interest was at its highest pitch during the few minutes the struggle was in pro- gress. . | Comedy relief was furnished the third afternoon by Jack Turnbull, as| “Mandy,” who put on an impromptu act mounted on a huge Percheron and hy driving “nis; sulice: “the track riding“the horse with thé light sulkey bouncing along! behind. Stampede association officials heav- ed a sign of relief this week with the big show behind them. To men like’ George Felken,. Cliff Overton, Ted Plante, Don Mars, Pete Barker, Bill 1 j Sharpe and association president Ben Richards there has been nothing but hard work attached to the show from its organizational stage to the actual Circle-S Cowboy Wins All-Round Award At Show tad Setaea Gown in the arena at the Stampede grounds Friday, the title of the best all-round cowboy still remained in the Cariboo. This year’s winner, Lawrence Bruce of the Cirele S alk away with many individual top honours, but he placed high enough in the events to collect the most points. The award goes to the cowboy gaining the most points in three out of four maior events, operation. In the thick of the work, which reached its peak in the Stampede office the day before the show, was busineess manager Tony Woodlond. Responsible for the reams of paper work necessary was Mrs. Ollie Nor- berg; and assisting this year with the office work was the association's new treasurer Walt Thomas. For the actual work during the arena events ,the executive was joined by volunteers Dick Felker, Alf Eagle, Ray Pigeon, Ken Hopkins, Ray Isnar- dy and Cuth. Jamieson. Biggest worry facing the executive now is how much money the show lost. Fina] figures may be available tomorrow, but it is believed the loss will be at least $400. Difficulty in try- ing to find enough men to police the grounds as well as take care of the gates is blamed for part of the loss sustained. The wide-open grounds are made to order for those who want to see the show without paying the tariff. Up on the slopes overlooking the grounds, cars parked along the gra- velled street that was opened last year, and the occupants were a dead loss as far as revenue was concerned. School Graduation Ceremonies Monday It will be the last school function for eight students of Williams Lake High SchoSl Monday night. as they receive’ thels: graduation diplomas at | the exercises to be held in-the Parish. Hall. The exercises take the form of a graduation banquet, sponsored by the Parent-Teachers. Association, assisted by the Student's Council, The graduation address this year will be given by School Inspector W. J. Mouat, | Grade eight ‘students will also re- ceive their diplomas monies. at the cere- Popular “Time has gone very fast.” When a person can say that after looking back over 39 years in any job, you can be sure the person was well fitted for the work. And that’s just how Staff Sergt. Andrew “Andy” Fairbairn feels about his 89 years, 146 days service with the B.C. Provincial Police and the RCMP, which closes off officially August 14, but actually finished last Friday with a leave of absence mak- ing up the balance of his time. It was back in 1912 that “Staff” joined the Provincial Force in search of adventure, after putting in a year with the investigation department of the Canadian Pacifie Railway com- pany, He, was 21 when he came to Canada in 198 from his native Scotland, ana after working on the prairies and in the United States for three years he returned home for a months’ holiday. By 1911 he was back in Can- ada with the GPR and was working out of Kamloops when he decided to join the provincials. ‘The young constable’s first assign- ment was to Hazelton, not yet reach- ed by the new Grand Trunk Pacific railway, which was heing constructed at that time. The railroad was oper- ating as far as Kitselas, east of Ter- race, and traffic from there to Hazel-| ton went by riverboat. But in April the ice-packed cable car and this is the way the con-| stable crossed to his first pust. It w six and a tour of duty along the Grand| Trunk that was to last 23 years. Hazelton, to (Old) Decker Lake. to Telkwa, where he was to stay 12 years and make a lasting impression on the people of the north as the best type of police officer. : were now coming fast, apd the fol From Hazelton he moved to New) a sparsely Police Officer Retires Staff Sg& A. Fairbairn Photo by Blackwell's lowing year it was Sergeant Fairbairn, In 1934 he left his northern district for good with a transfer to Cran- brook, where he remained for eight der cases, the one he found most in- teresting concerned noxious weeds. The crime occurred near Smithers, Where a man was sowing noxious weed seeds on cultivated land belong- ing to a neighbor. Evidently he want- ed to purchase the land, and took this means of ruining it for crops as a means of bringing its value down and forcing the owner to sell. A lantern seen on a field at night was the tip-off, and from that the police traced the work to the accused and found tins of weed seed stored in his home, all carefully labelled, The case came up before Justice W. A. McDonald at Prince Rupert in 1934 and His Lordship pointed out to the jury that he could find no pre- cedent for the case. He referred the Jury to the parable of the tares in Matthew, verses 24 to 30 as an anal- ogous case, and remarked that it would be probably another 2000 years before there was another similar one. ‘The pioneer police officer has al- ways been interested in the people he has met up with in his work. Assist- ing those in distress has been as much a part of his life's work as crime de- tection. Now the stocky ex-officer has put years. Later he served at Grand Forks and Courtenay, being promoted to Staff Sergt. in 1943 and moved to| | Kamloops. Three years later he came ver was crossed by| to Williams Lake. There have been a lot of changes in the country in transportation and an introduction to the north country| communication in 38 years. When the new Constable first went north saloons were still operating in settled country where shelter was often needed, and no one bothered to lock a door. His first as- signment was bringing in a drunk, and he walked seven miles to pick up his man. From Telkwa Constable Fairbairn| Communication was always a prob- went to Burns Lake in 1929, Two! lem and Staff imported a loft of hom- months later he was promoted to Cor-| ing pigeons that he used extensively. | poral and posted to Smithers District | Oddly, enough, when you ask Staff Headquarters in charge. Promotions! about his most interesting case, he! cer in point of years of service in | will say that outside of severa} mur- away his uniform for good and some time within the next few wecks he will be leaving for Ladysmith, where ; he will build a home and be able to |Spend more time with his hobby of gardening. F Sharing in his final. move, as she has in the many ones that have been ; made in those eventful 39 years will | be the Scottish girl who came over to Canada in 1915, “expressly for the job” as Andy puts it, “of being Mrs. \ Andrew Fairbairn.” | The Fairbairns have three daugh- ters, two at Ladysmith and the third living at Nelson, It is interesting to note that at the time the Provincial force was taken over by the RCMP last year, Staff Sergt. Fairbairn was the oldest pffi- | the former force. Ps